82 girls from slum clusters around Delhi have been awarded merit based scholarships to complete their schooling and higher studies under Smile Foundationâ€™s Swabhiman programme, many of these girls are pursuing their graduation from reputed colleges and universities across the city, including the Delhi University. Facing issues such as gender bias, poverty, trap of child marriage these girls could not even afford to go to school earlier. However with determination, hard work and courage, these girls were able to defeat their circumstances and emerge as winners. Each one of them is an inspiration for thousands of other girls struggling to survive.

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Smile Foundation is an Indian development organisation directly benefitting over 400,000 children and families through more than 200 welfare projects in education, health, livelihood and woman empowerment spread across remote villages and slums in 25 states in India.